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title: A family with two small children moves in across the road in Arizona… — Greeting neighbours and new people · tree and pragmatics
description: A family with two small children moves in across the road in Arizona. Which is the kindest welcome? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 7 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

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A family with two small children moves in across the road in Arizona. Which is the kindest welcome?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** move in, be · **To what, where:** road, kindest welcome

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family with two small children moves in across the road in Arizona.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t7:1
# text = A family with two small children moves in across the road in Arizona.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move in** | present | a family with two small children |  |  | the road in Arizona |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is the kindest welcome?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t7:2
# text = Which is the kindest welcome?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kindest	kind	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	welcome	welcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the kindest welcome |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Go over with your parents to say hello, maybe with a card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t7:o1:1
# text = Go over with your parents to say hello, maybe with a card
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go over** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with your parents; over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a card; maybe *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent hello=Theme with card=Manner |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leave a note asking them to be quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t7:o2:1
# text = Leave a note asking them to be quiet
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | a note |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | a note *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a note *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tell other neighbours they look strange

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t7:o3:1
# text = Tell other neighbours they look strange
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | other neighbours |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent neighbour=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | present | neighbours *= neighbour* |  |  |  |  | strange *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wait at home until they come over and introduce themselves to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:123-neighbours-and-new-people:t7:o4:1
# text = Wait at home until they come over and introduce themselves to you
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	introduce	introduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | home |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
| 2 | **come over** | present | they |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **introduce** | infinitive | you *not said here* | themselves *= they* | you |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient to you=Co-Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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